Shift lights?

[Ricardo9111]

Hello new owner of a v8 vantage here and first post for about 10 years. I gave up pistonheads after being flamed by owners of a certain marque flaming me for fitting wrong end plates on rear wing of a xx3 despite a certain semi official works team recommending them🙄
You all seem more forgiving here!
The owners manual references shift lights - mine don't light up and were these an option or are mine just not working?
Thank you and if anyone shouts at me you'll not see me till 2027!

[anonymous-user]

I didn't know of them having dedicated shift lights, I assume it's the gear indicator the manual refers to, which should change to red rather than white and blink when you're at happy hour RPM.

[shinjuku]

Keep it in gear, press loud pedal, you'll see red where "R" for reverse lives (in the older cars).

[raceboy]

Took me a few trips out to spot them/hold a gear long enough to make them light up.
They light up in the circle that displays 'R' when in reverse.
They aren't that easy to see especially when traveling at the speeds required to light them up.

[Jon39]

The light is on only very briefly, prior to the maximum revs cut out operating.
I try to change up before the shift light illuminates.

On the rare occasions when the shift light is likely to come on, I am looking a long way down the road ahead, looking for the unexpected, so never notice it

[Ricardo9111]

Thanks for all the replies and I think like others I've been focusing on the road in front of me to notice!

[Mr Cod]

They are on for only a moment, at the precise moment you're thinking about changing and all hell is breaking loose.

In the Auris I rented in Greece this summer the shift light started flashing at 3,500.

Though I think that was to do with economy rather than the power band.

[V8V Pete]

So have you got them to light up yet Ricardo?

BTW forum rules - without pictures the car doesn't exist